inglés > español | |
light | |
1. s. Luz | |
2. s. Lámpara | |
3. s. Fuego | |
4. s. Perspectiva. | |
5. adj. Claro | |
6. adj. Ligero | |
7. adj. Más ligero | |
8. adj. Leve | |
9. adj. Ágil | |
10. adj. Poco profundo, poco serio | |
11. adj. (Del suelo) arenoso | |
12. vt. Iluminar. | |
13. vt. Encender. | |
inglés > inglés | |
light | |
1. s. (physics) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, a | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
2. s. A source of illumination. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Put that light out! | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
3. s. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Can you throw any light on this problem? | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
4. s. (in the now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
5. s. A notable person within a specific field or discipline. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Picasso was one of the leading lights of the cubist movement. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
6. s. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
7. s. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I'm really seeing you in a different light today. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative light by many Cuban historians for years thereafter. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
8. s. A flame or something used to create fire. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Hey, buddy, you got a light? | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
9. s. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
a Bengal light | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
10. s. A window, or space for a window in architecture. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
This facade has eight south-facing lights. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
11. s. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
The average length of a light on a 15×15 grid is 7 or 8. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
12. s. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
13. s. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
14. s. The power of perception by vision. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
15. s. The brightness of the eye or eyes. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
16. s. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler who is receiving instructions. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
To get to our house, turn right at the third light. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
17. v. To start (a fire). | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
We lit the fire to get some heat. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
18. v. To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
She lit her last match. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
19. v. To illuminate. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
20. v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
This soggy match will not light. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
21. v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
22. adj. Having light. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
The room is light when the Sun shines through the window. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
23. adj. Pale in colour. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
She had light skin. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
24. adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I like my coffee light. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
25. adj. Of low weight; not heavy. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
My bag was much lighter once I had dropped off the books. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
26. adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
We took a light aircraft down to the city. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
27. adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
This artist clearly had a light, flowing touch. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
28. adj. Easy to endure or perform. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
light duties around the house | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
29. adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
This light beer still gets you drunk if you have enough of it. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
30. adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I made some light comment, and we moved on. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
31. adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
32. adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
33. adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
light troops; a troop of light horse | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
34. adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
35. adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
a light, vain person; a light mind | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
36. adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Ogden Nash was a writer of light verse. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
37. adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
38. adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
light coin | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
39. adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
light sleep; light anesthesia | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
40. adv. Carrying little. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I prefer to travel light. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
41. s. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
42. v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
43. v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
44. v. To find by chance. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
45. v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
46. v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
español > inglés | |
luz | |
1. n-f. light | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
la luz extinguida - the extinguished light | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
2. n-f. (anatomy) lumen | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
3. n-f. (figurative usually in the plural) brightness, intelligence | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Vas a llegar con menos luces. - You're going to get there with less intellect. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
4. n-f. (figurative) focus, point of view, understanding | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Debes verlo bajo una nueva luz. (You must see it from a new point of view.) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
5. n-f. (electricity) electric power | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Se fue la luz. (The lights went out. (There is a blackout.)) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
6. n-f. (architecture) span | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |